Earth Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Richard G. Gordon

W. M. Keck Foundation Professor in Geophysics, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

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Research areas

tectonophysics, paleomagnetism, space geodesy, marine geophysics, geodynamics

Contact

rgg@rice.edu(713) 348-5279

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Education

B. A. (1975) University of California, Santa Cruz
M.S. (1977) Stanford University
Ph.D. (1979) Stanford University
Mishra, JK & Gordon RG, The rigid-plate and shrinking-plate hypotheses: Implications for the azimuths of transform faults, Tectonics, 2016
Gordon RG, & Houseman GA, Deformation of Indian Ocean Lithosphere: Evidence for a Highly Non-linear Rheological Law Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 2015
Kreemer C, & Gordon RG, Pacific plate deformation from horizontal thermal contraction Geology 42 (10): 847-850 2014
Zheng L, Gordon RG, & Kreemer C, Absolute plate velocities from seismic anisotropy: Importance of correlated errors Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 (9): 7336-7352 2014
Koivisto EA, Andrews DL, Gordon RG, Tests of fixity of the Indo-Atlantic hot spots relative to Pacific hot spots Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 (1): 661-675 2014
Argus, D.F., Gordon, R.G., DeMets, C. "Geologically current motion of 56 plates relative to the no-net-rotation reference frame." Geochemistry,Geophysics, Geosystems ( 2011)
Koivisto, E.A., Gordon, R.G., Dyment, J., Arkani-Hamed, J. "The spreading-rate dependence of anomalous skewness of Pacific plate magnetic anomaly 32: Revisited." Lithosphere (2011)
Argus, D. F., R. G. Gordon, M. B. Heflin, C. Ma, R. J. Eanes, P. Willis, W. R. Peltier, & S. E. Owen "The angular velocities of the plates and the velocity of Earth's centre from space geodesy." Geophys. J. Int. (2010)
DeMets, D. C., R. G. Gordon, D. F. Argus "Geologically current plate motions." Geophys. J. Int. (2010)
Horner-Johnson, B. C., & R. G. Gordon "True polar wander since 32 Ma B.P.: A Paleomagnetic Investigation of the Skewness of Magnetic Anomaly 12r on the Pacific Plate." J. Geophys. Res. (2010)

Honors & awards

Shell Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1982
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 1984
James B. Macelwane Medal (American Geophysical Union), 1989
Best Paper Award, GSA's Div. of Structural Geology & Tectonics, 1990
Birch Lecturer, Tectonophysics Section, AGU. 1998
Original Member, Highly Cited Researchers, ISI/Thompson Scientific, 2002
Arthur L. Day Medal (Geological Society of America), 2002
Lecturer, Crafoord Prize Symposium, 2002

Courses taught

EEPS 101

The Earth

A comprehensive introduction to the origin, composition and structure of the Earth, including the formation of rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, mountain building, volcanoes, earthquakes, as well surface processes due to glaciers, landslides, oceans and rivers, and much more. Topics also include the origins of natural resources and geologic hazards, and their societal importance. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for EEPS 101 if student has credit for ENST 101/ESCI 115/ESCI 301.

Earth/Environmnt/Planetary SciD13 credits

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Richard G. Gordon

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